Thread 2942250

I'm replacing my dishwasher and what a pleasant surprise to find copper. The pipe basically follows the arrows from under the sink to under the cabinet floor to out the side, and I need to get the inlet to about the circled area. Should I:

>1. wrangle the copper to the new inlet position and get an adapter for the threaded end to what my dishwasher takes
>2. cut the copper where it comes out of the wall, shark bite adapter to braided steel hose (I think this is my preferred option even if it's the least proper)
>3. start by unscrewing the fitting from the cast elbow and hope really hard nothing else breaks... probably end up replacing the valve at that point

Please advise

That whole hot water riser and valve looks crusty and jank and you would ideally replace it. I'd be ideal to have a separate valve and air hammer arrestor just for the dishwasher line as well. After all that, just run a new copper, pex or braided hose line over.

Like picture but you can keep it copper too.

>>2942250 (OP)
Option #2, but no Sharkbite. Sweat a 3/8" NPT fitting on the pipe and use Teflon tape and PTFE grease on the threads, then connect the hose.

>>2942250 (OP)
That's copper tubing, not copper pipe. You can't sharkbite it. You can bend it but I recommend using a tubing bender so you don't kink it. You can also cut it and either flare it or put a compression fitting on it. Or you you could replace the fitting at the street elbow and run plastic tubing or branded hose to the dishwasher. I wouldn't do that unless you're ready to replace whatever breaks or starts leaking.

>>2942262
Oh fuck, right, because it's soft

OK, well, I will cut the copper near the fitting instead of at the wall so I don't have to remove the dishwasher when I inevitably cut right below that valve and replace that whole ugly mess, and I'll attach a compression fitting and just run the braided hose where the copper runs now

Thanks for the help, to the other responses too I'm just not feeling that level of effort right now

>>2942250 (OP)
can you even get the soap off you in the shower?

>>2942292
>can you even get the soap off you in the shower?

the fuck does this have to do with OP replacing a dishwasher? you's dumb

>2942294
>t. hard water delirium

>>2942300
The elderly previous owners had a water softener but it had apparently been non-functional for at least several years. I found this fucking kickass setup on Facebook for $200 and don't have a care in the world

>>2942294
I'm guessing he's talking about OP having hard water? Though in my experience it's soft water that leaves a film from hell on you in the shower, hard water takes it right off.

>>2942325
that's what I thought too, but in reality, there's no film - you are, and I was, just so used to hard water that not having soap scum all over your body actively feels slimy

ugh anyway I have another issue. I have the dishwasher all hooked up, just not installed yet until I make damn sure it works, and I'm getting an error that is apparently linked to low voltage. I imagine it's occurring when my well kicks on during a dishwasher cycle because... this is my box for the dishwasher (left) and well (right). Why the fuck on Earth would they have done this to the wiring? Surely there was some good reason, I don't even want to touch it until I figure out wtf

>>2942250 (OP)
that copper pipe you can bend it get a tube bender 1/4" & 3/8" and bend it so its back there

>>2942349
I fixed it btw

>>2943399

horrifying quality of work

Black iron on potable water? Utterly fucking retarded, clean up the supply pipe coming up out the floor and cut that whole retard assembly out and replace with a dual outlet stop valve

>>2943399
>"fixed"
>white white and white
jesus christ senpai

>>2943572
if it makes you feel better, I labeled the colors on those flaps of tape by the "box"

fuuuu fu fu my dishwasher is still not working! I thought it was fixed but it is not. I see the voltage drops to 84-86v when the water heater tries to click on and after a few failed attempts it throws the low voltage error, and because of how neutral and ground are treated I can't even tie into another circuit's neutral